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Last time Rome popped up as a topic on hackernews, someone mentioned "The history of Rome" podcast. It's absolutely fantastic. I mention it so that perhaps someone else can enjoy this masterpiece as much as I have.

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Thanks for the recommendation. Also "Historia Civilis" [1] is a great YouTube channel on ancient Rome, with a particular focus on its military campaigns.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv_vLHiWVBh_FR9vbeuiY-A

I should also mention the Tides of History and The Fall of Rome Podcast. Both are excellent, and narrated by a newly minted phd in the field.

Also the followup podcast "The History of Byzantium" if you couldn't get enough of late antiquity and the middle ages!

Also the book The Storm Before The Storm, written by the author of that podcast (Mike Duncan), which about the end of the Roman republic (not the empire).

http://thestormbeforethestorm.com/

Rome popped up in the GDPR discussion some 30min after your wrote your text :-) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16606629#16609355

Yes, and it also mentions the gini coefficient. This popped up in the History of Rome podcast I was listening to last night. Never heard it before, need to read up on it :-)

I can definitely second that. History of Rome on Spotify is one of my favorite things to listen to

Thanks for the recommendation. Was it the one by Mike Duncan?

Yes, that's it.

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